Endowed Chairs
An endowed chair is a generous commitment by a donor that enables the hospital to attract and retain the best specialists in a field of pediatric medicine. When someone at Children’s Colorado is awarded a named chair, it is a prestigious honor reserved for the most distinguished scientists, clinicians, academicians and leaders. An endowed chair recognizes and promotes excellence in pediatric health care and signifies the hospital’s commitment and a donor’s interest to support that work for the long term.
Endowed Chairs may be established with a gift of $2.5 million or more.
Endowed Chair impact and legacy
Thank you to our Endowed Chair donors
Dr. David R. and Kiku Akers Chair in Pediatric Surgery
Chairholder: Robert Cina, MD, MBA
Dr. and Mrs. David R. Akers
The Jules Amer Chair in Community Pediatrics
Chairholder: Edwin Asturias, MD
Friends of Jules Amer
Ed and Roxanne Fie Anderson Family Endowed Chair for Breathing
Chairholder: Robin Deterding, MD
Ed and Roxanne Fie Anderson
The Anschutz Chair for Clinical Excellence in Pediatric Mental Health
Chairholder: Martine Lamy, MD, PhD
The Anschutz Foundation
The Anschutz Chair in Perinatal Mental Health
Chairholder: Celeste St. John-Larkin, MD
The Anschutz Foundation and The Walton Family Foundation, Inc. at the recommendation of Ben and Lucy Ana Walton
The Asher Accurso Endowed Chair for Cystic Fibrosis
Chairholder: Scott Sagel, MD, PhD
The Asher Family and Friends
The Barton Family Endowed Chair for Bone Marrow Transplant
Chairholder: Michael R. Verneris, MD
The Barton Family Foundation
The Barton-Elliman Chair in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
Chairholder: James Jaggers, MD
The Barton Family Foundation, The Elliman Foundation
The Frederick C. Battaglia Endowed Chair in Neonatology
Chairholder: Paul Rozance, MD
Section of Neonatology
The Stephen Berman, MD Endowed Chair in General Pediatrics
Chairholder: Chris Stille, MD, MPH/MSPH
Elaine and Steve Berman, Sarita Gantz, Jack Gantz Foundation and friends
Dr. Dori Biester Chair in Pediatric Nursing
Chairholder: Jennifer Roth, MSN, MBA, RN, NEA-BC
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Taplin
Rose Brown Chair in Pediatric Orthopedics
Chairholder: Klane K. White, MD, MSc
Rose M. Brown, Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Eilert
L. Joseph Butterfield Chair in Pediatrics
Chairholder: Stephen Daniels, MD, PhD
Dr. and Mrs. L. Joseph Butterfield and friends
Dr. Robert L. Casey, Jr. Wellness Chair in the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders
Chairholder: Currently Unfilled
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Taplin
Children’s Hospital Colorado Chair in Pediatric Nursing
Chairholder: Jennifer Roth, MSN, MBA, RN, NEA-BC
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Taplin
Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals/Helppie Family Chair in Orthopaedic Movement Analysis
Chairholder: Jill E. Larson, MD
Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and Leslie and Richard Helppie, Helppie Family Charitable Foundation
Colorado Firefighters Endowed Chair in Burn and Trauma Care
Chairholder: John Wiersch, MD
Colorado Firefighters and Friends
Robert J. and Kathleen A. Clark Endowed Chair for Pediatric Cancer Therapeutics
Chairholder: Maureen M. O’Brien, MD, MS
Robert J. and Kathleen A. Clark
Delta Dental of Colorado Endowed Chair in Pediatric Oral Health
Chairholder: Katherine L. Chin, DDS, MS
Delta Dental of Colorado
Douglas and Burger Family Endowed Chair for Cardiac Research
Chairholder: Emily Bucholz, MD, PhD, MPH
Frank Douglas
Dr. Robert Eilert and Dr. Lori Karol Endowed Chair in Musculoskeletal Research
Chairholder: David Howell, PhD
Dr. Robert Eilert Family
Ent Credit Union Endowed Chair in Pediatric Otolaryngology
Chairholder: Gregory Allen, MD
Ent Credit Union
The Ergen Family Endowed Chair
Chairholder: James Feinstein, MD, MPH
The Telluray Foundation
The Ergen Family Chair in Pediatric Cancer
Chairholder: Lia Gore, MD
The Charles Ergen Family
Fischahs Chair in Pediatric Rehabilitation
Chairholder: Susan Apkon, MD
Edwin and Dorathy Fischahs
Dr. Nicholas Foreman Endowed Chair for Neuro-Oncology Research
Chairholder: Rajeev Vibhakar, MD, PhD, MPH/MSPH
Estate of Elaine Sas, William Ruffer Trust
The Dale, Cindy and Kristin Francescon Endowed Chair for Headache Treatment
Chairholder: Marcy Yonker, MD
Cindy and Dale Francescon
Dale and Cindy Francescon Family Endowed Chair for Mood Disorders
Chairholder: Jessica Hawks, PhD
Cindy and Dale Francescon
William K. Frankenburg Endowed Chair in Pediatrics
Chairholder: Gretchen J. Domek, MD, MPhil
The Family of William K. Frankenburg
GLOBAL Endowed Chair for Down Syndrome at Children’s Hospital Colorado
Chairholder: Nicole Baumer, MD, MEd
Anna & John J. Sie Foundation, Global Down Syndrome Foundation
Haberfeld Family Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neuromuscular Disorders
Chairholder: Michele L. Yang, MD
Louise and Ralph Haberfeld, Ivy and Scott Scherbarth, William Haberfeld and Susannah Haberfeld
The Cannon Y. and Lyndia K. Harvey Chair in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Chairholder: K. Ron-Li Liaw, MD
Cannon Y. and Lyndia K. Harvey Family Foundation
Hewit/Andrews Chair in Pediatric Liver Disease
Chairholder: Shikha S. Sundaram, MD MSCI, FAASLD
Hewit Family Foundation
Hoover Family Endowed Chair in Cancer Research and Innovation
Chairholder: Meg Macy, MD
Suzanne and R. David Hoover
Hoover Family Endowed Chair for Digestive Health and Nutrition
Chairholder: Edwin de Zoeten, MD, PhD
Suzanne and R. David Hoover
Daniel Hyman Endowed Chair for Quality and Safety
Chairholder: Lalit Bajaj, MD, MPH
Funded by the generosity of the Children’s Hospital Colorado community
The Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Chair for the Cardiac Research Director
Chairholder: Christian Mosimann, PhD
Helen K. and Arthur E. Johnson Foundation
Kelley Family/Schlessman Family Scottish Rite Masons Chair in Childhood Language Disorders
Chairholder: Kristin Uhler, PhD
Scottish Rite Foundation of Colorado in collaboration with the Rollie R. Kelley Family Foundation and Schlessman Family Foundation
Ed and Jeannette Kerr Family Endowed Chair in Endocrinology
Chairholder: Nina Ma, MD
Ed and Jeannette Kerr
Fritz and Betty Knoebel Family Endowed Chair in Precision Medicine
Inaugural Chairholder: Scott Demarest, MD, MSCS
Fritz and Betty Knoebel
The La Cache Critical Care Endowed Chair
Chairholder: Kurt R. Stenmark, MD
La Cache
The La Cache Endowed Chair for Gastrointestinal, Allergic and Immunologic Disease
Chairholder: Glenn T. Furuta, MD
La Cache
The McMurry Seebaum Chair in Pediatric Neurosurgery
Chairholder: Todd Hankinson, MD, MBA
Carol McMurry and Pat Spieles and Stephanie and Matt Seebaum
Jack Cooper Millisor Endowed Chair in Pediatric Heart Disease
Chairholder: Keila N. Lopez, MD, MPH
Amy and Rob Millisor
The Ponzio Family Chair for Colorectal Surgery
Chairholder: Andrea Bischoff, MD
The Ponzio Family
The Ponzio Family Chair for Pediatric Ophthalmology
Chairholder: Emily McCourt, MD
The Ponzio Family
The Ponzio Family Chair in Pediatric Neurology
Chairholder: Kevin C. Ess, MD, PhD
The Ponzio Family
The Ponzio Family Chair in Pediatric Neurology Research
Chairholder: Tim Benke, MD, PhD
The Ponzio Family
The Ponzio Family Chair in Pediatric Urology
Chairholder: Nicholas Cost , MD
The Ponzio Family
The Ponzio Family Chair for the Surgeon-in-Chief
Chairholder: Duncan Wilcox, MD
The Ponzio Family
The Postle Family Chair in Pediatric Cancer and Blood Disorders
Chairholder: Patricia Ernst, PhD
James Postle
Meg F. Rady and Family Chair in Congenital Cardiac Surgery
Chairholder: Matthew Stone, MD
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Rady and Family
Tanner and Ellie Seebaum Endowed Chair for Palliative Care
Chairholder: Adam B. Hill, MD
Carol McMurry and Pat Spieles and Stephanie and Matt Seebaum
Tanner Seebaum & Zachary Tschetter Chair in Neuro-Oncology
Chairholder: Nick Foreman, MD
Carol McMurry and Pat Spieles and Dr. and Mrs. Paul N. Tschetter
Selby’s Chair in Pediatric Cardiology
Chairholder: Shelley Miyamoto, MD
Mr. and Mrs. Kent L. Rickenbaugh
The Arnold Silverman, MD Endowed Chair in Digestive Health
Chairholder: Glenn T. Furuta , MD
Anonymous
The Lenore T. Stoddart – La Cache Endowed Chair in Neonatology
Chairholder: Krithika Lingappan, MBBS, MS, PhD, FAAP
La Cache
John D. Strain, MD Endowed Chair for Radiology
Chairholder: Sarah Sarvis Milla, MD, FAAP
Beloved Family, Friends and Esteemed Colleagues of John D. Strain, MD
J.T. Tai Endowed Chair for the Center for Gait and Movement Analysis
Chairholder: James Carollo, PhD, PE
J.T. Tai & Company, J.T. Tai & Company Foundation, Inc.
Taplin Endowed Chair for Celiac Disease
Chairholder: Edwin Liu, MD
Mrs. Thomas Taplin
James Todd and Mimi Glodé Chair for Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology
Chairholder: Elizabeth McFarland, MD
The Herdman Family, Drs. Michael and Mimi Glodé, Dr. and Mrs. James Todd, University of Colorado Medical School Division of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology and friends
The Leslie and William Vollbracht Family Chair in Stress and Anxiety Disorders
Chairholder: Benjamin C. Mullin, PhD
The William B. Volbracht Family
The Wagner Family Chair in Childhood Diabetes
Chairholder: R. Paul Wadwa, MD
Judi and Joe Wagner
Bruce and Bev Wagner Family Endowed Chair for Child Health Research
Chairholder: Ronald J. Sokol, MD
Bruce and Bev Wagner Family
Diane G. Wallach Chair in Pediatric Stem Cell Biology
Chairholder: Bruce Appel, PhD
Gates Frontiers Fund
Cille B. and Ronald W. Williams Endowed Chair in Executive Leadership
Chairholder: Jena Hausmann, CEO and President of Children’s Hospital Colorado
Cille and Ron Williams
The Sandy Wolf Chair in Maternal Fetal Surgery
Chairholder: S. Christopher Derderian, MD
The Melvin and Elaine Wolf Foundation
Updated as of July, 2026